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单词 thankfully
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thankfullyadv.

/ˈθaŋkfʊli/
Etymology: < thankful adj. + -ly suffix2.
I. In a thankful manner.
1.
a. With thankfulness; with thanks; gratefully.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > gratitude > [adverb]
to thankOE
thankfullyc1000
in (on) thankc1400
grately1533
gratefully1548
thankly1605
c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints (1890) II. 198 Þa ongeat eustachius þæt seo fore-sæde costnung him ða æt wæs and þancfullice hi under-feng.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 130 Siþ Crist suffride þus for synne of his breþeren, þei schulden suffre þancfulli for þer own synne.
1567 Triall of Treasure sig. C I can not but thankefully render, Such commendations as is requisite to be.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. vi. 80 Yet Heauen's bounty towards him, might Be vs'd more thankfully . View more context for this quotation
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 74 He accepted, thankfully, all my Presents.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 365 We will desire the one to give their instructions freely, and the others to receive them thankfully.
b. With satisfaction; graciously. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > graciously
holdec1000
holdelyc1000
sweetly?c1225
courteouslyc1290
graciouslyc1384
favourably1388
thankfully1513
handsomely1542
officiously1604
graciousa1617
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid i. ix. (heading) How Eneas with all his rowt bedene War thankfullie ressavit of the quene.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 90 The king grantit the same verray thankfullie.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. *v Receaue thankfully this my laboure.
2. So as to gratify, please, or satisfy; acceptably, pleasingly; satisfactorily. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adverb]
sweetlyc900
queemlyOE
lustly971
winlyc1000
sootlya1125
to (a person's) queemc1175
lustilya1225
avenantlya1375
pleasinglya1398
queema1400
beinc1400
farrandlyc1400
pleasantlyc1400
pleasantlya1425
queemfullyc1425
thankfullyc1480
greablyc1500
dulcely1508
dulcea1525
pleasant1553
agreeably?1567
pleasurably1580
sugarly1587
flattering1597
sweet1597
attractively1640
well-pleasingly1645
welcomely1646
flatteringly1661
relishingly1677
satisfyingly1743
sweetsome1799
smilingly1806
dulcetly1810
gratifyingly1822
honeyedly1832
enjoyably1877
suavely1883
congenially1884
a fair treat1884
c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 877 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 88 He liffit sa thankfully to god and mane.
1482 Exch. Rolls Scotl. IX. 284 (note) That ye redily and thankfully content and pay to the said Johne..the said yerely pensioun.
1500 Exch. Rolls Scotl. XI. 266 (note) That ye cause hir to be thankfullie pait of hir said pension.
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Placabiliter, thankefully, contentfully.
1576 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1833) I. 16 The prices tharof salbe thankfullie allowit to ȝow in ȝour comptis.
3. Gratuitously; for thanks alone. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > [adverb] > freely
gratis1477
thankfully1552
gratuitlya1586
baksheesh1917
mahala1941
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Thanckfully, or for nothynge, or without rewarde or deserte, but onelye for gramercye, gratim.
II. As a sentence adverb.
4. Let us be thankful (that); one is thankful to say. Originally U.S.This use as a sentence adverb, like hopefully adv. 2, is deprecated by some writers.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > gratitude > [adverb] > let us be thankful that
thankfully1966
1966 in W. Follett Mod. Amer. Usage 170/1 The ‘suicide needle’ which—thankfully—he didn't see fit to use.
1969 Chatelaine July 1/1 Thankfully there are fewer movies to endure in which the men have all the lines.
1976 Shooting Mag. Dec. 41/2 An alarming safety situation..caused many a raised eyebrow but thankfully nothing worse.
1980 New Society 3 Jan. 33/2 But thankfully social workers will plod on, hopefully with small regard for new fashions.
1982 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 8/4 Thankfully, however, the old style has not entirely disappeared.
1983 Times 11 Nov. 2/4 Aldabra Island in the Indian Ocean, where man ‘has thankfully failed to establish himself’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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